The Ford Barn

Woodie1 · 05-20-2013, 07:14 PM

We went to MAFFI Saturday morning. The drive down was great, coming home not so good. After about 40 miles into the trip home the A started loossing power every now & then & eventually would back fire. It did this for the rest of the 80 miles home. I took the carb apart tonight but didn't find anything plugging the jets. I did open the points a little but I don't think this was the problem. We went to MAFFI last September & had the same problem. I did notice that when I shut the gas off & close the gas adjusting needle that it took a good 2 minutes for the engine to quit. This seems like a long time. What are your thoughts on this problem? Thanks.

05-20-2013, 07:14 PM	#1
Woodie1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: W. Mich. Posts: 471	Loss of power 7 back fire We went to MAFFI Saturday morning. The drive down was great, coming home not so good. After about 40 miles into the trip home the A started loossing power every now & then & eventually would back fire. It did this for the rest of the 80 miles home. I took the carb apart tonight but didn't find anything plugging the jets. I did open the points a little but I don't think this was the problem. We went to MAFFI last September & had the same problem. I did notice that when I shut the gas off & close the gas adjusting needle that it took a good 2 minutes for the engine to quit. This seems like a long time. What are your thoughts on this problem? Thanks.